I should amend the title of the previous post to "I Was Half-Right". The subfreezing temperatures were enough to kill off the least cold-hardy plants, but the tough ones are left standing. This introduces oddity #1: A 90% frozen Alternanthera with one perfectly fine branch. The only thing I can think of is that the unfrozen branch was protected by some nearby zinnias, which then collapsed in a heap the morning after the freeze? Either that or there is some very strange microclimate stuff going on.
Today's pictures are from central Virginia, where I found the lettuce and spinach green and happy under a double layer of Agribon-19. On the way to the undercover greenery, I spotted oddity #2: one of my supposedly deer repellent plants - a nice little rosemary - was broken and chewed. Just last weekend I was admiring how nicely the 4 rosemarys anchored the corners of the potager. . . .
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Posted by Entangled Reblogged by Old Roses to autumn, plants on 2007-11-11, 00:41:54
Come Saturday morning (this will appear on both blogs)
I remembered to write in the olde blogs, today! Yay!
I'm really happy, right now~ because it's been a fine morning, cold enough to make the heat kick on in the house, but gorgeous outside, and I've got a New Dawn rose out there blooming happily.
There hasn't been a hard frost, yet~ mild Winter coming? We usually get a hard frost by the end of October, around here.
But, it hasn't come, and my rosebush is happily blooming a pink-and-white beauty. There's something so delightful about a rose that comes when you don't expect it....
(the photos I took of it are still in the camera, so here is a shot of last Fall's surprise rose!)
For the last several weeks I've been fretting over what to do with all the garden debris currently laying around making a mess of my front and back yard. Here's all the stuff I need to get rid of but just can bring myself to throw away. . . .
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Posted by Gina Reblogged by Old Roses to compost on 2007-11-11, 00:40:19
I am in the middle of planting my garlic now. I planted two types last weekend. Today I planted some heirloom top sets (photo bottom left) of a variety called "Old Homestead". Also several large heads of cloves that I saved from the Farmer's Market. . . .
Is it long winter’s naptime yet? I’m bushed tuckered pasted wasted fried asleep on my feet! The gardens are done. Pretty much. Mostly! And we can cross more off of Gail’s to-do list. Yesterday the Florabundas came in for a last go through of the Rose and North Gardens. We weeded and cut the dead out of the roses. . . .
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on Nov 9, 2007, 2:55PM
Posted by Kris Reblogged by Old Roses to Gardening on 2007-11-11, 00:39:36
10 years ago Mom and I took some of this plant to a nursery to find out what it was. The nurseryman said "Its a nightshade, get rid of it." Well, Mom and I both thought it was just too pretty what with those red stems and purply black berries so we left the plant. . . .
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Posted by weeder1 Reblogged by Old Roses to wildflowers on 2007-11-11, 00:38:46
It was a blustery day today. The sun came out for awhile, then went back into hiding, so the brisk wind was chilling. But the autumn color was red hot. I looked around and it was everywhere. . .
Certainly in the red miniature roses (Rosa sp.) . . .
A funny day. No news on the house yet, am waiting for the new landlord to give the estate agent a contract. I over slept today for some reason. Maybe the grey clouds, strong wind, and cold kept me under the quilt!
I am blogging late (it will say about 1am).I have been trying to propogate plants. Pictured is the spider plant with the stolon pinned to the little pot.Im hoping the 3 baby plants will root in the pot.They are just sat on top of the soil with a paper clip holding the runner down. . .
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Posted by snappy Reblogged by Old Roses to propagation on 2007-11-11, 00:37:04
Plants have begun to set forth flowers and buds earlier because of the warming climate. But in some areas of North America plants actually green up later than usual. This article explains why. Here's my quick take on the article if you don't want to read it in it's entirety. 35 degrees latitude cuts through North Carolina. Plants north of the line receive enough chilling days (actually chilling units) to come out of dormancy quickly and are ready for an early warm up. Plants south of the line don't receive enough chilling hours so remain dormant even if the temperatures are warm enough to set forth flower and vegetative buds safely.
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Posted by Ki Reblogged by Old Roses to weather on 2007-11-11, 00:36:43
The Acer palmatum 'Sango Kaku', Syn. 'Senkaki' (Coral Bark maple, Cinnabar Wood maple [Vertrees]) is the second Japanese maple to turn this fall. This is the oldest Japanese maple in the yard except for the 'Bloodgood' we inherited when we moved into the home. . . .
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Posted by Ki Reblogged by Old Roses to trees on 2007-11-11, 00:36:32
This Pahphiopedilum orchid has a better pedigree than most people. :)
I had a difficult time trying to photograph this orchid. Taking the plant outdoors and shooting against some dark green foliage with a slanting morning light may yeild a better result. . . .
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Posted by Ki Reblogged by Old Roses to orchids on 2007-11-11, 00:36:06
This is really bugging me. I have several bird books and have looked through them all and can't identify this bird. I've never seen it before and have no clue what it is. As I mentioned in the previous post, I didn't even realize that I had taken this picture of it until I was doing the photo editing and saw it. I wish I had picked up that Indiana bird book I looked at yesterday at Barnes and Noble. Can anyone identify this one for me?
I have a confession: It's already November, and parts of my backyard fence project have yet to be completed. I ran out of warm temperature days to stain the boards, and have officially put off picking up that paintbrush until next spring. But there is also some additional construction work that I need to accomplish in the one section of the backyard enclosure that does not consist of 6ft tall stockade.
My neighbor's short chainlink fence runs down part of my south lot line. . . .
Sunday morning there will be additional Daffodil planting along Beverly Road. I've been in correspondence with a neighbor, Natasha, from Beverly Square East. She wrote me earlier today:
This is just...
Photo by Cathyse97 by permission under the Creative Commons license.
Everywhere you read today there are green sections in magazines, television spots, and in newspapers. Even NBC has gone green! Everyone is giving you their top ten to fifty steps to becoming green. As you read these lists, are you saying to yourself, “I can’t afford. . .
"Blogger Play will show you a never-ending stream of images that were just uploaded to public Blogger blogs. You can click the image to be taken directly to the blog post it was uploaded to, or click “show info” to see an overlay with the post title, a snippet of the body, and some profile information about the blogger who uploaded it.". . .
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Posted by Tina Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2007-11-11, 00:32:36
Now that we have upgraded our iWeb program, we can show you some videos!! Please note that if you are feeding via RSS, you may have to click back to our website to view these. (I’ve noticed that this is the case for photos as well, unfortunately.) So... here is the first installment!. . .
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on Nov 9, 2007, 3:08PM
Posted by Reblogged by Old Roses to environment on 2007-11-11, 00:32:16
Our latest article in the Washington Examiner is out today. Read the article online here (Real Estate section - November 9 2007 edition - page 6), or grab the print version at the red street boxes around town today - the article is on R6 (Real Estate section - page 6). It is on Baby Boomer Gardening. Specifically how aging boomers have impacted gardening trends in the last few years. My subhead that didn't make it in the Examiner was "Perennials are Going Out, Along with their Backs.". . .
My garden currently contains only a few brassicas and greens but the main crop in my Fall garden is always compost!
I know that compost is not a flower or a vegetable but I think of it as a crop because it is sooooo important to the life of all the other plants. . . .
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Posted by Marc Reblogged by Old Roses to compost on 2007-11-11, 00:31:01
If you like to force bulb plants to bloom indoors, Marie Iannotti reminds us that there's still time to do so, noting that, in fact, amaryllis and paperwhites "don't require...
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on Nov 9, 2007, 1:11AM
Posted by Reblogged by Old Roses to bulbs on 2007-11-11, 00:29:45
Our newly planted elephants ears or Colocasia has survived it's first summer finding a relatively sheltered spot proved to be difficult. We often seem to have two winds battling over our garden. . . .
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Posted by Colin & Carol Reblogged by Old Roses to plants on 2007-11-11, 00:29:37
A week or so ago, I had taken down the hummingbird feeder for the last cleaning of the year and replaced it with a goldfinch sock. The idea to apologize for not managing to grow sunflowers this year. I had known that something had found it, but given that I am not home much during the day, I had to wait till a day off to explore the identy of the feeders.
Today, I found that it was at least six goldfinches in winter plummage. There were at least four at any one time. And since the sock is two thirds emptied, there was a lot of jockeying for position where there was still seed. It was an adorable and amusing display of yellowed wings. . . .
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Posted by millionbells Reblogged by Old Roses to birds on 2007-11-11, 00:27:23
Ok, smarty bums. What do you think this is? It's been growing in my garden since June. Now that we're getting frosts and snow, it's days are numbered. Time to cut it open and find out what it is. But I'll gladly hear your guesses first...
via Robin's Nesting Place on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
